Fortnite: Battle Royale Adds Smoke Grenade in New Patch

It’s another week which means it’s time for another patch in Epic Games’ Fortnite: Battle Royale. This week we’re seeing a bunch of bug fixes while also a few new additions to the game itself.

The “rocket riding” bug that was found by players as part of the Fortnitemares event is staying in the game and has been officially confirmed in this week’s patch notes. The bug was originally available with the pumpkin rockets but is being patched to work with the normal rockets too.

Due to overwhelming popular demand, we have modified the normal Rocket Launcher to support rocket riding.

The wording suggests the rocket is either not receiving another seasonal event update or a new event isn’t starting right after Fortnitemares wraps up. Outside of various bug fixes and UI changes, the biggest part of this patch is the addition of the Smoke Grenade.

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This new grenade will be found as either floor loot or from any container and it will help provide cover as you make a quick attack or escape. It is thrown like a normal frag grenade but instead of exploding and killing other players, it’ll instead create a cloud of white smoke. The grenade is non-lethal but it will help give battles more flavor.

In the past, we’ve seen the release of The Bush, silenced SMGs and now Smoke Grenades. Maybe a new map or vehicles are on the way next?

Another important addition with his patch are the two new leaderboards. Global wins will now show the top 50 players for the selected match type – Solo, Duos and Squads. This number will be measured by wins alone.

The other leaderboard, named Score, shows the amount of total experience gained and will sort by that. Both of these leaderboards will be unveiled tomorrow when the patch goes live.